A Dublin Bus driver allegedly threatened to call gardai after a stand-off with a passenger over TWO chicken nuggets.

The clash happened on a bus near Tallaght after the driver took issue with the young black woman for bringing the McDonald's treat onto the bus.

Ronke Esther told Dublin Live she "felt picked on and insulted" over the ordeal, adding that the driver had no issue with a woman sitting opposite her "with the opposite skin colour to mine with coffee in her hand".

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"After a while most people went down to him and told him what he was doing was wrong," she continued.

"He eventually started the bus again."

Ronke was full of praise for her fellow passengers for springing to her defence - many of whom pointed out that they had often brought chips onto the bus without any issue.

She added: "I was surprised to get the support I got from other passengers - nobody said a bad word to me as they believed they would do the same if that happened to them and I was fighting for respect for my skin type and my rights."

Ronke said she was fighting for respect

According to Dublin Bus' rules online, consuming food or drink is not allowed on board, but Ronke said a girl sitting opposite to her had a coffee in her hand - but the driver had no issues with that, even after other passengers allegedly pointed this out.

In a statement to Dublin Live, Dublin Bus said: "We can confirm we received a complaint from a customer regarding this incident."

They added: "We take incidents of this nature extremely seriously and are investigating the matter."